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DVD : The Day Reagan Was ShotIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Richard Dreyfuss, Richard Crenna, Yannick Bisson, Colm Feore, Michael Murphy directed by: Cyrus Nowrasteh  List Price: $9.98 Amazon.com's Price: $6.99 You Save: $2.99 (30%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 9780792185727 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC ISBN: 0792185722 Label: Paramount Manufacturer: Paramount Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Paramount Region Code: 1 Release Date: October 29, 2002 Running Time: 98 minutes Studio: Paramount Theatrical Release Date: December 09, 2001 Sales Rank: 35569 Related Items: Editorial Review: Description: From Academy-Award® winning director and producer Oliver Stone comes this riveting true story...March 30, 1981. An insane and obsessive young man named John Hinckley Jr. attemps to kill U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Rushed to a nearby hospital in critical condition, Reagan's life hangs in the balance as two young surgeons battle to save him. But only those behind the scenes in the corridors of power know that this is more than a fight to save one man. With the Soviet Union poised to invade Poland and the possibility of a total nuclear war looming, someone must take control of the impending crisis. And as a bitter power struggle begins, the government of the most powerful nation on Earth is sliding into chaos..."The Day Reagan Was Shot" is based on an amazing true story of individual courage and the political intrigues and deceptions that brought a nation - and the world - to the brink of destruction. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent and Stirring FilmThe Day Reagan was Shot is a Great movie. I found myself tearing up as President Reagan (portrayed by Richard Krenna) was wheeled off to surgery--even though we know he survived the attack. I found myself cheering Alexander Haig (Richard Dreyfus) as he moved to stabilize the White House, and feeling embarrassed for him as his historic, "I am in Control here..." press conference was dissected by the media. I was somewhat concerned with the fact that Oliver Stone was involved ... Read More Rating: - Crisis ControlWell, there were, in fact, a number of crises on the day President Reagan was shot by John Hinckley and, according to this movie, none of them were handled terribly well. The Soviets, whose troops are massing on the Polish border in what is expected to be a military invasion to crush the Solidarity movement, suddenly have a screenful of nuclear submarines inching towards the US shores. That may be because inexperienced Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger inadvertently put the military on Def-Con ... Read More Rating: - LOVE THIS MOVIE!I actually watched this movie on TV and it was one of the best movies i have ever seen! It was so intense and shows alot about the stress of working in the white house durring a major crisis. I am a 16 year old girly girl and i still loved this movie! haha even though im definetly not the type to watch a movie like this,,it just shows how good it was! Rating: - Al Haig presented in a different lightWell, I thought Alexander Haig was vindicated somewhat by the film. It was the press of the day that portrayed him as a nut, but in this film there is some explanation, some background for his statements and actions that we never had. As the character states towards the end of the film, he played the good soldier and did not speak of the things that the film aledges went on that could have improved his public image. Did it really take as long as it seems in the film for George Bush, Sr. to ... Read More Rating:  - Are any facts in a movie accurate? Well, some, but not all.I would caution individuals to be wary of receiving historical information from a movie. Many individuals have rightly stated that Oliver Stone, as usual, changed the facts to conform with his vision of the world. With that said, it was interesting, even if many facts were untrue, to see how Hollywood interprets Reagan. Coldly, I'd argue. Reagan is portrayed as an unintelligent and uninterested president. Such a characterization is unfair, especially in light of the recent publications of Ronald Reagan's ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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